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GEORGIANNA E. CURTIS, OF AUBURN, NEN YORK.

CURTAIN- FIXTURE.

SPEGIFICATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 681,201, dated August27, 1901.

Application tiled May 9,1901.

To @ZZ whom may concern.-

- Be it known that I, GEORGIANNA E. CUR- TI's, a citizen of theiUnitedStates, and a resil i dent of Auburn, county of Cayuga, State of .NewYork, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Curtain-Fixtures, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings on one sheet, making part of this specification.11..1o My invention relates to improvements in curtain fixtures in whicha horizontallyswinging rod or pole is used, on which the p 1 drapery ofthe curtain or portiere is usually hung; and the objects ofmyimprovement are, first, to provide means whereby the said rod or polemay be supported in a position for swinging backward and forward at theside or sides of the passage-way, window, or other i openin g, and,secondly, to provide appliances `whereby the said swinging rod or polemay be adjusted to ward off or deflect drafts of air y or the saidpassage-way entirely closed without disarranging the hanging or drapingof the curtain.

I attain the above objects by the mechanj` ism illustrated on theaccompanying sheet of drawings, in which- .g y Figure 1 shows acurtain-supporting rod or y g pole pivoted on a notched plate at oneside of a passage-way with a curtain hung thereon in the usual manner,the whole showing a view in elevation of my improvement. Fig. 2 is aplan View of the notched plate constituting one of the features of myinvention and shows in dotted lines a portion of the a; y rod or polepivoted thereon; and Fig. 3 is a yertical section through the rod orpole and the notched plate at the pivot-point of the same, together withthe locking mechanism and the means for operating the same. Similarfigures for reference refer to similar parts in the several views.

i i. A notched plate l, of a semicircular form, l as clearly shown inFig. 2, is provided and is furnished at its edge with a series ofnotches 2 and a flange 3, by means of which latter it is fastened in thedesired position at the side l of the passage-way by the screws 4. Therod or pole 5, from which depends the curtain 6, is provided at itspivotal end with a slot 7, in which is' passed the notched plate l, andit is p pivoted to the said notched plate 1 by the Serial No. 59,532.(No model.)

pivot-bolt 8, thus allowing the said rod or pole to freely swing bothforward and backward in the passage-Way. `The rod or pole 5 is still 5further provided near its pivotal end with a mortise 9, and in the saidmortise is pivoted a locking-bolt 10, the locking end of which is turnedso it may enter in any of the notches 2 of the notched plate l, as shownin Fig. 3. The outer end of the locking-bolt is provided with a suitablespring 11, which is interposed between the said end and the rod or pole5, and an eyehole by which is fastened an operating-cord 12, which saidcord 12 passes upward through a hole 13, provided through the rod orpole 5 for that purpose, the object of which arrangement of parts willbe presently seen.

The rod or pole 5 is furnished on its upper side with a bar 14, havingon its under side an arrangement of screw-eyes 15, through which ispassed the operating-cord 12. The said bar 14 may be utilized for thesupport of an ordinary grillework 16, if so found desirable, as I haveillustrated in Fig. 1.

That the rod or poll 5 may be sustained in proper alinement with thenotched plate 1, on which it swings, a guy chain or cord 17 is providedbetween the outer end of the pole and the notched-plate side of thepassage way, the same being arranged above the said rod or pole tofurther steady the same and to keep it from sagging. In the illustrationone end of the guy is shown secured to the upper edge of the grille, inwhich position it performs its required office, as is evident.

It will be observed from the above descrip-a tion of the several partscomprising my improvement that their arrangement and operation, whilesimple, give assured results. It is frequently desired to partially shutoff the opening of a passage-way without disarrangement of the draperyitself, not only for the purpose of privacy, but to defect certaincurrents of air which may be passing too freely through the opening. Inorder to do this effectually, it is only necessary for the operator topull down on the actuating-cord 12, when the locking-bolt 10, pivoted inthe mortise 9 on the under side of the rod or pole, is released from thenotch in the notched plate `where it may have been and the curtain andpole are free to be swung at any desired angle IOC.

within the passage-way so long as a tension is maintained on theoperating-oord. On the release of this tension by the operator thelocking-bolt catches into the proper notch of the notched plate throughthe recoil of the spring 11, placed between the outer end of the saidlocking-bolt and the under side of the'rod or pole, as has beendescribed. Thus the curtain and pole are adjusted to the desired placewithout disarranging the draping of the curtain when it is so desired.

In the drawings, at Fig. 1 I have shown the outer end of the polefinished with a halt' ornament, which may complement a similararrangement of parts at the opposite side of a passage-way, the eXtremeWidth of which may render such division of the pole and repetition ofthe working parts desirable, the two half ornaments meeting andcombining to form a completed figure when the ends of the poles arebrought together and the passageway closed by their respective curtains.

Having thus set forth the construction and operation of my improvement,what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patentof the UnitedStates, is-

In a curtain-ixture the pole 5, having on its inner end a pivot-bolt, onits outer end a half ornament, on its upper side a grille-bar havingscrew-eyes on the under side thereof, on its under side near the innerend a mortise having a locking-bolt, a hole 13, a cord passing from saidlocking-bolt through said hole and said screw-eyes of said grille-bar,and a guy chain or cord between the jamb of the openin gand thegrille-bar, combined with a notched plate l, having flanges 3, 8,constructed substantially in the manner and for the purpose herein shownand described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, at the city of Auburn,New York, this 6th day of May, A. D. 1901. v

GEORGIANNA E. CURTIS.

In presence of- B. L. RICE, R. S. MESSENGER.

